WANA (July 29) – Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, mentioned that the new President of the Islamic Republic of Iran has previously been invited by Russia to participate in the BRICS summit in Kazan. He emphasised that Russian President Vladimir Putin is eager to meet with Masoud Pezeshkian.

 

Peskov stated that Iran, as one of the new members of the BRICS organization, had already been invited to attend the summit, which is scheduled to be held in October in Kazan, Russia. He said, “We hope the new Iranian president will attend this summit because we will be delighted to see him, and Putin is preparing to meet with Pezeshkian at the BRICS leaders’ summit.”

 

On July 8, the Russian president had congratulated his Iranian counterpart on his election victory in a telephone conversation.

 

During this call, Pezeshkian also expressed his readiness to sign a draft of strategic cooperation between Tehran and Moscow on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan to his Russian counterpart.

 

Iran became a full member of the BRICS association on January 1, 2024. Russia, which holds the rotating presidency of the BRICS group in 2024, will host the BRICS leaders’ summit from October 22 to 24, 2024, in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. The Islamic Republic of Iran joined the group at the beginning of this year .

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